Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

to the winners after losing five laps due to a broken chain suffered while leading. Team Hammer's Paulk set a new lap reco rd at 1 :4 0 .5 ; the old record was held by Ricky Orlando at 1 :4 4 on his HRC· engine Honda Superbike. The Ca lifor n ia Department of Pa rks a nd Recreat ion ha s p u blished a 17x22 in ch brochure listin g more than 7S off -road vehi cle a reas in Ca lifornia. T he bro chure co ntains a m ap showingthe locat io n s o f eac h area a nd a lso feat ur es informa tion on those a reas . The brochure ca n be o btained for free a t a ny Cal iforn ia Sta te OffH ighway Mo to r Vehi cle Recreation Area or ca n .be ordered by wri tin g to OHMVR Divi sion, Dep art ment of Parks a nd Recrea tio n, P .O . Box 2390, Sacramento . Ca lifornia 9581 I. Husqvarna rider , Fritz Kadlec, 'capt ured the overall w in at the f inal round of the AMA Reliability Trials ISDE Qualifier series in Trask Mountain, Oregan, on his 250WR. Taking second overall and first four-strokewasJohn Haaker, while Ron Naylor took third overall and f irst Open. Current National Enduro Champion, Terry Cunning· ham, took a DNF on day two. Cam e l P r o Ser ies roa d racer Wa yn e Ra in ey is on the mend at his parent's home in Norwalk, California, fro m inj uri es sus tai ne d in a Jun e 17 cras h a t Bryar Mo torsport Park. " I've got two pins a n d so me wire in m y (left ) elbo w to h old every thi n g in pl ace," sa id Ra iney. " I broke the elbo w socke t as well as breaking two bon es in m y forearm which attach a t th e joint. My four broken ri bs ended up to be o n ly one wit h th e rest badly bru ised. I p lan on starting the ra py on J ul y I wi th tra iner Dean Miller wi th th e goa l of ra cing a t La guna Seca (July 13·1 4). Everyon e is doubtfu l I can do it , ex cept Dean and m yself." . no n -stock fra mes a t th e end o f th e 1984 season. Ins tead, Team Ha m mer will IUn th e AR RA Six-H our a t Willow Sp ri ngs. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comm ission ATV Task Fo rce ' Chairman Nick Marchica and t ask force eng ineer Roy Ceppa were seen at Pismo Beach, California riding a variety of three and fourwheeled ATVs in the .company of California AII- Terra in-Vehicle Assn. members June 22-23; don 't let on, but it looked like the CPSC research had turned into f un by the time the pair had progressed to Honda ATC250Rs. MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRYS CtlANGE Quit Dirt Bike magazin e Rick Sie ma n, a fter 10 years, effective Jul y 4. d ue to disagreements over edi to ria l policy a n d co n ten t with Hi -Torque P u bl ish er Ro land Hin es; Si em an served as Ed ito r of th e magazin e fro m 1970 throug h 1974, left to run Mod ern Cycle a t Cha lle nge Publishing , a nd retu rned to ta ke over Dirt Bike agai n in 1978; Siema n sa ys "T'rn go ing to tra il rid e for five or six m onths a nd just relax. " Relocated The monthly AMA Distri ct 37 Road Rider m eetings ha ve. moved to th e Learni ng Reso urce Cen -: ter at th e Lo s Angeles Trad e-Tech n ica l Co llege as o f Ju ly 18. Ron Lechien, Rick Johnson and Johnny O 'Mara were the 125, 250cc and Open Pro winners at the 18th Annual Mammoth Mountain Motocross. Look for complete coverage in next week's issue of Cycle News. Camel Pro Seri es roa d racer Sa m McDona ld is recoveri ng fro m torn muscl es in hi s left shou lder blad e a nd a cracked co llar bo ne sus tai ne d in an accident d urin g th e June 22 Superbik e Ch amp i onship S eri es round a t Poco no . McDona ld has set the Laguna Seca Na tio na l as hi s targ et dat e to return to co m pe ti tio n. Kev in Schwantz and D~ug Toland will ri de Yoshimura Suzuki Superbikes at Laguna Seca on Saturday, July 13. The race will be Schwantz's second AMA Superbike Series event; he won his first at Willow Springs Raceway in April, and did not start at Sears Point after crashing a Battle of t he Twins Ducati in practice. Laguna Seca will be Toland 's AMA Superbike debut; he'll also ride the June 30 Kerker Saperbike event at Willow Springs. , Cycl e Tech Ra cing's Dave Ald an a and John Kocin ski have entered th e AMA /CCS night enduran ce race sch edu led for Dayto na Intern ati on al Spe edway in Dayto na Beach , Florida on Jul y 4. The event will be th e fir st series race fo r Cycle Tech Ra cin g , wh ich cu rre n tly lead s th e WERA Nati on a l Endura nce Seri es. Reign ing WE RA Ch a mpions T eam H ammer will mi ss th e event due to A M A I CCS ru le cha nges which o u tla wed Named Senior Vice President o f Kawasaki Motors Corp.. USA in Santa An a. Ca liforn ia, Misao "Lyndon " Yurikusa; Yurikusa most recent ly ser ved as th e sen ior man ager o f p rod uct pl ann in g for Kawasa ki H eav y In du stries' Motorcycle Group in Akas h i, Japan . Hired Pa ul C lipper . former , Manag in g Ed ito r o f Dirt Bike maga zine as Cus to mer Relauo ns/ Ad vertisin g perso n fo r KTM America in Lorain . O h io . Hired Nan cv H udd lesto.n as . Directo r o f Ed uca tio n Pro gra m s fo r th e Specia lty Vehicle In stitute o f Ame rica in Cos ta Mesa . Ca lifo rn ia. Na ncy repl aced Paul Gol de who ha s .. ...... " • 4 I been n amed Di rector o f Safety Sta nda rd s a nd Tech n ica l Pro gra m s. w ith h is n ew H onda . first used in America w h ich has been co ns idera : _. bly m od ifi ed . T he steer ing a ngle has Ign itio~ systems on been a ltered sligh tly, th e rear sh ock is of a n ew design a nd th e smoo ther a ll KTM 1985 SOOM XC motorcvcles; engi ne h as a n even bigger ex ha us t ow ners o f th e affected mach in es" who system in a lu m in u m. ha ve sent in th ei r custome r registraLuck was n eeded to do well in Aus tion cards wi ll be not ified by mai l tria because o f the stvle of the seca nd urged to take thei r mach in es tions. A five o n o ne o f th e easy secba ck to th ei r deal er, wh ere a n im tio ns p ro ved d iffi cult to overcome, proved ign it ion system will be in which resu lted in sco res being idenrista lle d free o f cha rge. ca l with the number o f cleans as a tie decider being need ed in seven cases to u.s. d istribudecid e th e to p IS pl acin gs. tion o f Weigl T elefix products, inAs th e seco n d half of th e series beg c1uding fork braces, handlebar s, fairi ns , T h ierry Mi chaud. a lt ho ug h ing lowers, eic., by G&G Import s; lookin g nerv ous o n Sunday in Aus3401 W. 5th SI. Su ite 110, Oxnard , tri a , look s to have th e titl e sewn up as CA 93030, 80S/ 984·262!i. they head for Pol and for th e next • round. World Championship Results Recalled Taken over Observed Trials Series: Round 7 Lejeune dabs . .'/east in Austria By Mike Rapley SP ITTAL, AUS T RIA , J UN E 16 The excl u sio n of Fren ch Apri -' li a ace Philippe Berl atier ov er" shado wed a ll else in the seventh round of the World Champions hi ps in Austr ia o n Su nday . T he pe tu la nt Fren ch m an sta ged a one man sit-down in the la st sect io n of . the first lap a fter bein g dock ed five ma rks for wh at h e th ought was a dab. Ber lat ier ref used to mov e, holding up th e tri al for n earl y 15 minutes a n d ' stoppi ng th e tria l leaders from r idi n g th e secti on. Th e farce fi na lly ca m e to a n en d whe n Ber lat ier had hi s pun ch ca rd ta ken fro m h im by a n Au strian officia l, a n d was form ally excluded by .. th e jury meetin g that ni gh t. T he Berl ar ier di sq ualificat ion was abo u t the only br ight spot in a 'd u ll , di sma l. p oorly organ ized tri a l th at left expe rience d World Cham pi onship fo llowers la men tin g the event th at didn ' t deserv e title sta tu s: It was a bri ght da y for Honda 's Eddy ' Lejeu ne wh o won o n ly h is secon d round th is year. narrowly holdin g o ff the cha llen ge from point sta n d ing lead er T h ierry Michaud, who finish ed on ly two marks beh in d the defending World Ch ampion. Brita in 's Steve Saunders was th ird on ce -aga in . It wa s a good day for Brit J ohn Lampkin , wh o found th e form th at has been m issing for so lo n g , co m in g in fo u rt h . T he tri al was h eld a t Spina l ne ar Sem me ring, so me 160 mil es sou th of Vie n na. over a co urse a lmos t ide nt ical to the two previous cha m p io nsh ip rounds th at have been h eld a t th is ven ue . Th e th ree-l ap co u rse con ta in ed 16 sectio ns . eig h t wer e reckoned to be far too easy, fo u r were im possi ble , a nd four were just right , and j u st a bo u t everybody reck on ed it wasn ' t a go od trial. The quali ty, o f th e orga n izatio n a nd o bser vi ng was belo w sta nda rd a n d th e results were o n ly an no u nced three ho urs a fter th e fin ish, despite the u se o f p un ch ca rds w h ich sho u ld p rovid e a n ins ta nt res u lt. The three Fan tic men . C hia ber to a nd the Mich a ud broth ers, were out o n th e n ew prod uction 301 Fa n tic, vet th ev sti ll -d id n ' t have th e dis c brake fitt ed or th e n ew tank graphi cs. A l l th r ee wer e h a p p y ' w it h t he mac h ines, particu la rly Fred Mich aud wh o ha d a resu lt wh ich co n firm s h is talent so often unreco gni zed . Lejeune showed that h e was hap py L Eddy Leje une (Han) 5 4 ; 2. Thierry M ich aud (Fa n) 56 ; 3. Ste ve Saunders IHonl 62 ; 4 . John La mp ki n IArml 67; 5. Gilles Bu rga t (Yam ) 7 1; 6 . Fred M ic hau d (Fan) 78/25 clea ns; 7. Luis Gall ach IMe r) 78 / 24 ; 8 . M art i n Karlsson IBet) 80; 9 . Ren at a Ch iaberto (Fan) 82 ; 10 . Pascal Cout urier IBetl 84 /25; 11. Peter John (HonI84 /24 ; 12 . Tony Sca rlett (YamI 8 5128; 13 . A nd re u Codina (M an) 85/ 25 ; 14 . Steff a n Ptc essel (Betl 85 / 24 ; 15 . Diego Basis (Man) 95 . POINT STANDINGS: 1. Th ierry Mi ch aud (134); 2. Lej eun e I 114 1 3 . Sau nd ers (1071 4 . Burqat (77); 5. ; ; 63); 6 . Scarlett (54); 7. Berlat ier 1 6 1 8 . 4 ; Galla ch 1 Chiaberto (4 5); 9 . Couturier(441; 10. 8osis( 3 1I; 11. Ander sson (26); 12. Lampkin (24); 13. Fr ed Micha ud (22) ; 14 . Mo erman (18); 15 . Tarres (15). World Championship 125cc MX Series: Round 5 Yugoslavian GPtoMaddii JASTREBARSKO, YUGOSLAVI A. J U NE 9. . T h e battle for the l 25cc MX G P crow n closed up at th e top in Yugoslavia wh en Cagiva star . It aly's Corrado Maddii clai med h is secon d strai gh t overa ll win in th e ser ies. In bo th m OlOS at J astrebarsko th e Ita lia n head ed ho me ser ies leader Dutch teen ager Dave Strijbos to close th e gap bet ween th e p air to 19 point s wit h seven ro unds sti ll rem ai n ing. K 'F M vrno un ted Bel g ia n Ja ck y Martens. th e p re-season favori te for th e ti tie. won th e fir st moto w ith th e series leaders ba ttling it o u t just beh ind h im on th e track which had dr ied surprisingly well aft er the heavy rains o f th e da y before, whi ch had left qual ifi ca tion a very wet a nd muddy a ffair. Madd ii ' s tea mm ate. Fin land 's Pekka Vehkon en fi n is hed fo urt h. no doubt trying to ge t ahead o f the yo u ng Du tch m a n a n d th ereby help Maddii 's ca use as well as h is o wn. Marten s h ad tro u bles in moto two a nd the battle a t the front was betw een th e two Cagiva men -. Madd ii a nd Vehkonen .. and Str ij bos . T h e two teammat es held o ff the yo u n g D u tch ma n for most o f the race, but fo r th e la st five la ps h e mad e a determin ed effo rt to g et o n terms. Fina lly , on th e la st la p h e managed to break through to h ead Vehko nen a t the en d. Marten s co u ld do no better tha n 12th at the flag. • Results . .1ST MOTO: t . Ja cky M arten s (KTM) ; 2 . Corra do Maddii (Cag); 3 . Dav e St rij bos (Hon); 4 . Pekka venkane n (Cagl: 5 . Rom an o Nanni ni (KTM ); 6. Kees Van der Ven (KTM ); 7. J oh n Va n der Berk (Yam); 8 . Dietm ar Lacher (KTM );" g. Artc Pantt l la (KTM) ; 10 . Thier ry Godf roid (Kaw) ; 11 . Petr Kovar (Kaw); 12 . A la in Leje une (Su z); 13 . Pau l Hunt (Cag); 14 . Peter Dirkx (Hon); 15 . Giu seppi A ndreani {Apr). 2 ND MO TO : 1. M add ii; 2 . Strilb cs : 3 . Ve hkonen; 4 . Lacher; 5 . Hunt ; 6 . Leje u ne; 7. Na nni ni ; 8 . Ma ssi m a Conti ni (Cag); 9 . M ika Kouk i (Su z); 10 . Pann ila; 11. Van der Berk; 12 . M arten s; 13: Kovar ; 14. God fr oi d; 15 . Oir kx. .POINT STAN DINGS : i . Str ijbos (16 8); 2 . Maddii ; 114 9 ); 3 . Vehkonen 11 14 1 4 . Van der Ven (88l; 5 . Van der 8 erk 1 83); 6. Martens (70); 7. Lej eun e (59); 8 . Pantti la (57) ; 9. Hensen (4 5); 10 . Va n Gijsegh em 1 11 4 . 3

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